Cord-fastening device.



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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 23, 1904.

UNITED srATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

DANIEL A. wEDMoEnv oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CORD-FASTENING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. WEDMOEE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Philadelphia, in the county of PhiladeIphia and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord-Fasten- Ing Devices, of which the following is a speciiication.

To insure quick operation, to avoid loss of time 1n tying the cords,and their liability to slip, together with the durability of the frames, a clamp has been devised of `resilient material lying close to the frame, with which it is com-v' bined, and wherein the resilience of the clamp presses the cord to the frame with sufficient force to hold it by frictional contact, no other means being necessary. The clamp is formed to permit-the easy introduction of the cord under lthe resilient portion.

The `invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by similar figures of reference, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a clamp. l Fi .2 is an edge view of Fig. 1`.

Fig. 3 is a p an view of a clamp with a cord shown as secured.

Fig. .4 is an edge view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 `shows the clamps as combined with the frame and the skin stretched within the frame by the 'cords held by the clamps.

l Specification of Letters Patent.

f Application filed Alagna 23,1904. serial 110.221,830.

Patented. March 27, 1906.

Referring to Fig. 1, it Willbe seen that the clamp 1 is composed of a single wire having a central resilient portion l2, with its ends 3 4 reversely curved, thence returning in parallel portions 5 6 toward the center of part 2, wherethey terminate in eyes 7 8, which form openings 9 10 for the insertion of means (preferably nails) by which the clamps are secured to the frame 13.` In Fig. 2 1t will be seen how all but parts 3 4 of the clamp when inoperative lie fiat, whilethose parts are upturned to ermit a quick and easy insertion of the cordrs under those parts.

In Figs. l3, 4 a cord 11 is shown inserted under part 2, which by its resilient pressure forces the cord to the frame and securely holds it.

Fig. 5 shows the skin l2 placed within the frame 13 and stretched by thecords 11,which go to and are held by the clamps 1, attached to frame 13.

I claim- A clamp consisting of' a single piece of resilient wire having eyes 7 land 8 at its eX- treme lends and the portion thereof between the eyes reversely bent upon itself at points 3 and 4 to form 2 between ortions 5 and 6; the wire at points 3 and 4 being bent to one side of the plane of the ortions 2, 5,l and 6;v in substance as set fort In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. l 4

DANIEL A. w'EDMoRE.

Witnesses y l R. C.WRIGHT, LEwIs H. REDNER.

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